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the most dangerous thing in america is an empty hospital bed. and empty cat scanner, it is a cardiologist with an empty slots. that is a capacity bubble problem. we have created enormous capacity that is a bubble. 18% of the economy is home care, a 11% is housing and 7% is fine and. what we have done is create an enormous health care bubble that has to talk at some time. there is a historic analogue to this, at some point a quarter of state budgets were psychiatric hospitals and your predecessors decided to pull the plug on this and we popped the psychiatric hospital bubble and spent 30 years cleaning up the mess after words. we have to be institutionalized health care and have transitional money to do this. i would say to your hospital's ready, set, go, merge and consolidate because they won't make it as a tiny little hospitals. the next thing i would do is move toward global budgets as fast as possible because their economic model is the same as the hotel industry and the airline industry which is people in bed, volume based game. every day th
the most dangerous thing in america is an empty hospital bed. and empty cat scanner, it is a cardiologist with an empty slots. that is a capacity bubble problem. we have created enormous capacity that is a bubble. 18% of the economy is home care, a 11% is housing and 7% is fine and. what we have done is create an enormous health care bubble that has to talk at some time. there is a historic analogue to this, at some point a quarter of state budgets were psychiatric hospitals and your...
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only in america could two bicycle mechanics launch an aviation industry and so forth. now, what's important here is that all of these figures share a number of key traits. well, one, they were largely or wholly self-taught. that is, they were not products of formal education. as a result, they had freed themselves from the constraints of conventional wisdom and traditional authority. they preferred practical solutions to theoretical discussion. they were, in essence, engineers not mathematicians. in other words, they were supreme practitioners of what i mean by be useful knowledge. be -- now, attempts in general to explain america's technological prowess, i've found, generally revolve around the notion it is our political and social systems that provided the ideal platform for innovation and for the associated economic growth, prosperity and the pursuit of happiness. so in this view it was the new republic shaped by the founding fathers that set the stage for an explosion of innovation during the 19th and 20th centuries. an explosion that we can all agree continues to
only in america could two bicycle mechanics launch an aviation industry and so forth. now, what's important here is that all of these figures share a number of key traits. well, one, they were largely or wholly self-taught. that is, they were not products of formal education. as a result, they had freed themselves from the constraints of conventional wisdom and traditional authority. they preferred practical solutions to theoretical discussion. they were, in essence, engineers not...
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but when he came to america he found dying of silk was not in great demand. he became a candle and soap maker. this is a pattern that followed quite consistently without restrictive guild does chelation, people were much freer to pursue new interest, to develop new skills. and that played into this notion that we can have useful knowledge, practical knowledge that advance is not only our own social position with that of our society. so as a result many of these master craftsman or even mechanic or even a lowly tournament could aspire to become an independent entrepreneur with considerable economic security and a company social status and political influence. this movement was further mode, particularly annually by the puritans added more so in and around philadelphia with large quaker population, both put a premium on labor and particularly on the nobility of labor. so working with one's hands producing something, laboring honestly was a social good that perhaps and carried connotations that it didn't always carry back into europe. so as a say in the journeym
but when he came to america he found dying of silk was not in great demand. he became a candle and soap maker. this is a pattern that followed quite consistently without restrictive guild does chelation, people were much freer to pursue new interest, to develop new skills. and that played into this notion that we can have useful knowledge, practical knowledge that advance is not only our own social position with that of our society. so as a result many of these master craftsman or even mechanic...
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but in america, there is a big gap. we need more women in office. men hold 82% of the seats in the house of representatives. today we are 92nd. out of 50 governors, just five are women. that is 10% come in the same percentage as the number of women mayors. out of more than 7000 state legislators, fewer than one in four are women and that is barely higher than it was two decades ago. at this rate, women will be underrepresented in the united states for another 500 years. inspired, we take on this challenge for women. he must have parity for women in office. that will happen when a woman is just as likely as a man to win and in any given legislature, women will be just as likely to hold the most seats. i found where we trained thousands of women to run for office. it is essential, but it's not enough. it's time for a new vision and for new approaches. our vision is simple. let's not settle for anything less than parity. we support the full spectrum of activity, promoting election of more women with their 2020 pledge. it advocates solutions to the prob
but in america, there is a big gap. we need more women in office. men hold 82% of the seats in the house of representatives. today we are 92nd. out of 50 governors, just five are women. that is 10% come in the same percentage as the number of women mayors. out of more than 7000 state legislators, fewer than one in four are women and that is barely higher than it was two decades ago. at this rate, women will be underrepresented in the united states for another 500 years. inspired, we take on...
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the end of the war is over 30,000 british troops still in north america. but they just decide to leave. washington learns this lesson in the summer of 1776. there is a thought process that leads to learning the lesson that begins at that time. it is hard for him to accept this. eventually he does. if you think about it, many of the great generals in world history are losers. hannibal, napoleon, robert e. lee, rommel. washington was not a good general. he lost more battles than he won, but he was the winner. because of his resilience in the end i.t. out at the strategic level. i think my time is kind of a. what i will end with one somewhat controversial question question -- statement. when the war in iraq was ratcheting up, i got a call from the woman that does offense at "the l.a. times." she said, i want you to write an op-ed on what washington would do about iraq. what he would do about iraq. so i said stephanie, washington wouldn't know where iraq was. he wouldn't know about weapons of mass destruction, jihads, whatever. he said that's right. now write
the end of the war is over 30,000 british troops still in north america. but they just decide to leave. washington learns this lesson in the summer of 1776. there is a thought process that leads to learning the lesson that begins at that time. it is hard for him to accept this. eventually he does. if you think about it, many of the great generals in world history are losers. hannibal, napoleon, robert e. lee, rommel. washington was not a good general. he lost more battles than he won, but he...
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we had the same in latin america. people my grated to vens with a lay from countries such as peru on a consistent basis for half a century. it's a wealthier country than venezuela. look at it this way as well. chinese immigration in the united states has played a key role in the growing economic prosperity of china, they have not only of course been able to export stuff and import stuff to them. they invested in china response i think that borders and barriers are really art initial term of the impact on the economy. we all benefit from the constant circulation as people. the same is happening in europe. some of the eastern -- or central european countries have been -- in the last few years. it became legal to do so. and yet they have been becoming more and more prosperous. poland is more prosperous. it export the an incredible amount of people to spain. >> i have some small things to add. he's 100% right. about the german 1848ers. they left behind complained about the liberals leaving. americans who experienced and m
we had the same in latin america. people my grated to vens with a lay from countries such as peru on a consistent basis for half a century. it's a wealthier country than venezuela. look at it this way as well. chinese immigration in the united states has played a key role in the growing economic prosperity of china, they have not only of course been able to export stuff and import stuff to them. they invested in china response i think that borders and barriers are really art initial term of the...
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i don't think that's america. so schools can raise prices to capture students who can pay full price. the very top tier schools harvard princeton and yale are going to have a huge amount of demand for people want to go to so they can jack up the prices as much as they wanted people are going to pay that because that brand is synonymous with achievement in american life. and what has happened is a lot of second-tier schools have followed suit and they also have raised their tuition troops over at levels that most people can't pay. i think not to make the school the whipping boy of the george washington university is one school that is kind of the exemplary of this. it's the most expensive school in the country that but nobody would say it's of the highest quality. like, i think it's capitalizing on the belief that price is anonymous with quality so with your apparent our student who really may be as uninformed about the college process or in formed nec that, there is going to be a great shot at high-level achieveme
i don't think that's america. so schools can raise prices to capture students who can pay full price. the very top tier schools harvard princeton and yale are going to have a huge amount of demand for people want to go to so they can jack up the prices as much as they wanted people are going to pay that because that brand is synonymous with achievement in american life. and what has happened is a lot of second-tier schools have followed suit and they also have raised their tuition troops over...
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the end of the war, treaty signed, over 30,000 british troops in north america, but they just decided to leave. washington learns this lesson in the summer of 1776 or the thought process that leads to the learning lesson begins at that time. it's hard for him to accept this, but, eventually, he does. if you think about it, many of the great generals in world history are losers. hanibal, napolean, robert e. lee, rommel, washington was not a good general. he lost more battles than he won, but he was a winner. he was a because of the resilience and strategics he had at the inside level. i think my time is kind of up. i'll end with a somewhat controversial question or statement. when the war in iraq was wrash eting up, i got a call from the woman who does op-eds at the l.a. times and said shsh -- she said, i want you to write an op-ed on what washington would have done about iraq. [laughter] or what he would do. i said, stephanie, washington wouldn't know where iraq was. [laughter] he wouldn't know about weapons of mass destruction, jihad, whatever. she said, that's right; now right the p
the end of the war, treaty signed, over 30,000 british troops in north america, but they just decided to leave. washington learns this lesson in the summer of 1776 or the thought process that leads to the learning lesson begins at that time. it's hard for him to accept this, but, eventually, he does. if you think about it, many of the great generals in world history are losers. hanibal, napolean, robert e. lee, rommel, washington was not a good general. he lost more battles than he won, but he...
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really one of the things of the great victories of the 20th-century for america. did you have any anxiety? the story of people who pushed back. >> guest: zero, yes. this is not the book that i expected to write. i went into it thinking that -- and that think especially the integration was a good thing. and it did. brought people together. it made me think differently about the world. a lot of my classmates. and one of the things i side often, during the heyday of desegregation and busing in the 70's and 80's we actually found the achievement gap shrinking faster than ever. so that's a big deal. so there was accomplishments. >> host: the desegregation. i mean, the debt was so huge. access to books and resources and things. you know, the ones that argue that the actual desegregation process was incidental. >> guest: i think that's really hard to separate out. people who researched, how it affects kids, it's kind of hard to say. is it because kids are learning from each other or is it because if you are black child in a classroom with the majority white middle-class
really one of the things of the great victories of the 20th-century for america. did you have any anxiety? the story of people who pushed back. >> guest: zero, yes. this is not the book that i expected to write. i went into it thinking that -- and that think especially the integration was a good thing. and it did. brought people together. it made me think differently about the world. a lot of my classmates. and one of the things i side often, during the heyday of desegregation and busing...
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america. we will go a little out of order today. senator murray. >> well, what happened just now is that the senate republicans chose gridlocked over jobs. they really chose a obstruction economic growth, and they chose political games over commonsense investment. the day after the house republican transportation housing bill included, and proved that sequestration can't even pass the republican house, senate republican leadership threw a tantrum, and they said it's my way or the highway. and boy, does their highway have a lot of potholes. the senate transportation bill is about creating jobs, investing in families and communities, and laying down a strong foundation for long-term and broad-based economic growth. it is a bipartisan bill. i worked very closely with senator collins to write it. six republicans voted for it in committee. we have an open debate on the senate floor as senator collins said, and we have votes and we accepted amendments from both sides of the aisle. so i am extremely
america. we will go a little out of order today. senator murray. >> well, what happened just now is that the senate republicans chose gridlocked over jobs. they really chose a obstruction economic growth, and they chose political games over commonsense investment. the day after the house republican transportation housing bill included, and proved that sequestration can't even pass the republican house, senate republican leadership threw a tantrum, and they said it's my way or the highway....
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and then he took a look at the package and he said, "well, it's totally wrong for america." c-span: how many times did bill clinton telephone richard nixon at his office or at his home? >> guest: he called him on a very regular basis, perhaps once every three or four weeks, for advice, particularly about foreign policy, but also about american policy and how to deal with the congress. c-span: how long would they talk? >> guest: it depended. the shortest conversation, i think, was 15 to 20 minutes. most of their conversations lasted about 40. c-span: and he seemed to, in the book at least -- every time he'd talk to him, he'd say, "monica, come in. i want to tell you what he said." >> guest: "i want to share with you exactly what he said," yes. c-span: now why would he do that, do you think? >> guest: well, i think that he knew that i was representative of the future, of future generations. so when he was talking to me, he wasn't just talking to an audience of one, but he was talking to the audience of history, of the ages. so i think he saw me as a liaison between himself and
and then he took a look at the package and he said, "well, it's totally wrong for america." c-span: how many times did bill clinton telephone richard nixon at his office or at his home? >> guest: he called him on a very regular basis, perhaps once every three or four weeks, for advice, particularly about foreign policy, but also about american policy and how to deal with the congress. c-span: how long would they talk? >> guest: it depended. the shortest conversation, i...
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because the europeans were just fascinated with america. they said, here's a nation barely 50 years old, already competing with us on virtually every level. that's impossible. how could a fledging nation be doing that? he wanted to come here and dissect and see what the heck was going on over here, and while he was at it, he said, let me look at the school system, and he was blown away, anybody finishing the second grade was literate. he could find a mountain man who read the newspaper and could have a decent political discussion with them. he'd never seen anything like that before. you know, go and to some of the museums and look at some of the letters written by people on the frontier in the wild west. you'd think a college professor wrote the letters, the vocabulary and grammar the way it was done. there was a lot more emphasis in times past. if you really want to be blown away, get a hold of the 6th grade exit exam from the 1830s. there are questions in the book, "america the beautiful," from app exit exam. see if you can past the test.
because the europeans were just fascinated with america. they said, here's a nation barely 50 years old, already competing with us on virtually every level. that's impossible. how could a fledging nation be doing that? he wanted to come here and dissect and see what the heck was going on over here, and while he was at it, he said, let me look at the school system, and he was blown away, anybody finishing the second grade was literate. he could find a mountain man who read the newspaper and...
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i love america and i love the fbi. i think it's a great education and the only way it's going improve is by looking what the faults were and correcting them. it's true of any institution. i keep writing these weaks and say, you know, just that's because what i want to do rewrite history to the degree it's possible. i don't know if that answered your question. anybody else, please. this lady any the front. >> have you ever personally been threatened or sent any kind of threat to your life or ex-- for exposing some of this? >> i wasn't physically -- well, i had a couple of death threat on the website. but, you know, i was patrick fitzgerald of the very powerful u.s. attorney i talked about who was the head of organized crime and terrorism in the southern district spent 20 months from the fall of '07 to the summer of '09 trying to kill my last book. literally, lirmly threatened 32 pages of letter threating to sue for liable. didn't have a prayer and a case and he knew. he's a brilliant attorney. my books were, you know, t
i love america and i love the fbi. i think it's a great education and the only way it's going improve is by looking what the faults were and correcting them. it's true of any institution. i keep writing these weaks and say, you know, just that's because what i want to do rewrite history to the degree it's possible. i don't know if that answered your question. anybody else, please. this lady any the front. >> have you ever personally been threatened or sent any kind of threat to your life...
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it is not just america's interests. obviously snowden is somebody that should be returned to america and given a fair trial. but there are so many other interests on the table. from nuclear proliferation. terrorism, what is going on in syria right now. this necessitates america acting single-handedly, but acting community of countries to give a call to the consciousness of the globe. begin to human rights and begin to push against nuclear proliferation, not urgency facing america but all the democracy in the globe, pushing against real threat of terrorism. >> thank you, mayor. congressman holt. rebuttal to or expansion. holt: the, i'm sorry. i thought we had been through that. i guess this was a repeat question. >> it's your chance to rebut or expand. holt: thank you. as i was saying i would agree with the mayor that there are many things that we need to work with the soviet union on and we should not throw away the relationship on the basis of this snowden, the snowden affair. >> all right. ladies and gentlemen, we'll
it is not just america's interests. obviously snowden is somebody that should be returned to america and given a fair trial. but there are so many other interests on the table. from nuclear proliferation. terrorism, what is going on in syria right now. this necessitates america acting single-handedly, but acting community of countries to give a call to the consciousness of the globe. begin to human rights and begin to push against nuclear proliferation, not urgency facing america but all the...
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we had the same in latin america. people my grated to vens with a lay from countries such as peru on a consistent basis for half a century. it's a wealthier country than venezuela. look at it this way as well. chinese immigration in the united states has played a key role in the growing economic prosperity of china, they have not only of course been able to export stuff and import stuff to them. they invested in china response i think that borders and barriers are really art initial term of the impact on the economy. we all benefit from the constant circulation as people. the same is happening in europe. some of the eastern -- or central european countries have been -- in the last few years. it became legal to do so. and yet they have been becoming more and more prosperous. poland is more prosperous. it export the an incredible amount of people to spain. >> i have some small things to add. he's 100% right. about the german 1848ers. they left behind complained about the liberals leaving. americans who experienced and m
we had the same in latin america. people my grated to vens with a lay from countries such as peru on a consistent basis for half a century. it's a wealthier country than venezuela. look at it this way as well. chinese immigration in the united states has played a key role in the growing economic prosperity of china, they have not only of course been able to export stuff and import stuff to them. they invested in china response i think that borders and barriers are really art initial term of the...
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that's a america's story. there is something in our dna about these immigrants who have the courage to get up and come here. really to fight against great odds, to succeed you. and thank goodness they did. that's who we are today, and we should celebrate it. we shouldn't apologize for. we had to build on it to make us an even stronger nation into century. thanks, tom your. [applause] >> thank you, dick. thank you. dick, thank you very much for that, and thank you for your great leadership. folks, i want to reassure senator durbin, and anyone else who may be tuned in on this, that we iowans, we are a welcoming people. we are a compassionate and caring people. [applause] >> we do not believe in characterizing people with hateful, spiteful, degrading language. we believe that every human being has worth, and we believe life arewant to come here to not criminals. they are people who want to build a better life for themselves and their families, and we had to be finding a way to help them do that here in america, a
that's a america's story. there is something in our dna about these immigrants who have the courage to get up and come here. really to fight against great odds, to succeed you. and thank goodness they did. that's who we are today, and we should celebrate it. we shouldn't apologize for. we had to build on it to make us an even stronger nation into century. thanks, tom your. [applause] >> thank you, dick. thank you. dick, thank you very much for that, and thank you for your great...
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it has to do with what is best for america. if we can sit back and watch this unraveling and think you are obstructionists if i can stop the country from unraveling i want to be an obstructionist in stamford people with that is a target on my back for the reelection then put the target their and on the front, too. if i'm going to be held accountable for holding the government accountable, amen. the piece i have this one in vv come morning was the accountability act. if we have people clean their offices and it's all of those wonderful 2.1 million private citizens that serves and work for the government, no pity it was for 1%. the senior executives who reach up to $199,000 a year with a bonus near 230,000. what did we say? let's hold them accountable. but in all the concept told the people you elected to work for you accountable. i would say we are trying to protect the 155 million americans who pay taxes every year to make this country such a great country. thank you for being here. thank you so much. it's good to be with you.
it has to do with what is best for america. if we can sit back and watch this unraveling and think you are obstructionists if i can stop the country from unraveling i want to be an obstructionist in stamford people with that is a target on my back for the reelection then put the target their and on the front, too. if i'm going to be held accountable for holding the government accountable, amen. the piece i have this one in vv come morning was the accountability act. if we have people clean...
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i think that this is what make america great. you can take people from all over the world and have everybody contribute their skills, energy and passion to making this country stronger. and i think we should embrace our diversity. because it is what makes us unique in the world. >> host: is the present effectiveeffective ly lobbied for immigration? has used the bully pulpit the way you would expect? >> guest: i think the president has done a lot to put this issue on the table. he can always do more, but i do believe that this is a process that has been dealt by the senators, themselves, and i'm hoping it would also be led by the members of congress in the house. i think that ultimate that's what's going to yield a good product. >> host: lessons learned when president george w. bush put forth his own immigration bill, which in many respects mayors the debate that we are facing today and the legislation is somewhat similar what comes to the dream act, what are the lessons 10 years ago or eight years ago? >> guest: well, you know, i
i think that this is what make america great. you can take people from all over the world and have everybody contribute their skills, energy and passion to making this country stronger. and i think we should embrace our diversity. because it is what makes us unique in the world. >> host: is the present effectiveeffective ly lobbied for immigration? has used the bully pulpit the way you would expect? >> guest: i think the president has done a lot to put this issue on the table. he...
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i don't think that is america. so schools can raise prices to capture students who can pay full price. your harvard princeton and yale's will have a huge amount of demand for people who want to go so they can jack up the price as much as they wanted people are going to pay that because that grand is synonymous with achievement in american life. and what has happened is a lot of second-tier schools have followed suit and they also have raised their tuition to exorbitant levels that most people cannot pay. not to make the to make this school the whipping boy of the george washington university is one school that is kind of the exemplary of this. it's the most expensive school in the country but nobody would say it's not the highest quality. but it is capitalizing on the belief that price is anonymous with quality so if you are a parent or student who student who maybe is uninformed about the college process or informed and you see that in me think i send my kid there there will be a great shot at a high level of achi
i don't think that is america. so schools can raise prices to capture students who can pay full price. your harvard princeton and yale's will have a huge amount of demand for people who want to go so they can jack up the price as much as they wanted people are going to pay that because that grand is synonymous with achievement in american life. and what has happened is a lot of second-tier schools have followed suit and they also have raised their tuition to exorbitant levels that most people...
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they don't have to think the way the political science book in america the scribe's overall. five agree with you. there's the dilemma, of course. if you begin your sense of the moving from the normal is law and customs and traditions were you know what that is, not political at all actually. barry interested in -- rituals are very important, marriage. men and women are different. you cannot talk to the old the way you talk to the young. unlawful gains to be avoided, but that does not have to mean a you avoid things that -- so to move from this kind of as long to seeing islamists everything and they should be everywhere and it does not just given the families and the markets. it governs all so public life, the government, criminal law. that movement, that move indicates that the citizens are dissatisfied with the normal islamic customs and traditions, so i have a process to go through either by hitting the books, social studies, one of the things i realize looking at egyptian lawson's 1883. this dichotomy of to what extent the egyptian law is moving away, yeah, figures, also i
they don't have to think the way the political science book in america the scribe's overall. five agree with you. there's the dilemma, of course. if you begin your sense of the moving from the normal is law and customs and traditions were you know what that is, not political at all actually. barry interested in -- rituals are very important, marriage. men and women are different. you cannot talk to the old the way you talk to the young. unlawful gains to be avoided, but that does not have to...
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it belongs to the people of america. and i think whatever lives it in the first lady should preserve it and enhance it. season two features 22 first ladies from the beginning of the century to the present. live monday night including your call, facebook comment, and tweets starting september 9th at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> illinois congressman representative called a town hall meeting on immigration monday in virginia. the chairman of the immigration task force where the congressional hispanic caucus is traveling across the country to talk about immigration reform. earlier this summer, the senate passed bipartisan immigration legislation that include a pathway to citizenship. the house is not approved it, but could take up the senate bill or consider the own legislation after the august recess. this event runs about an hour and twenty minutes. [inaudible conversations] [applause] [applause] [chanting] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] hole -- hola. [cheering
it belongs to the people of america. and i think whatever lives it in the first lady should preserve it and enhance it. season two features 22 first ladies from the beginning of the century to the present. live monday night including your call, facebook comment, and tweets starting september 9th at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> illinois congressman representative called a town hall meeting on immigration monday in virginia. the chairman of the immigration task force where the...
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i think that's what keeps america free. is that individual citizens are passionate about that and their series about that. at the same time you've got to see the abuses, you've got to know where they are. and i don't think that communism we lost our freedom. if we had we wouldn't be having this discussion in the shim on c-span. you know, is still a pretty remarkable country. it's not china. it's not russia. it's not some third world dictatorship. its institutions -- you mention effort called the fbi case, and they lost that case. [inaudible] >> it's on the tip of the lost the initial round. we will see what happens. i think congress will probably editing and pass a law to that effect. because nobody likes that without a warrant. [inaudible] >> the attorney general is under contempt of course. [applause] sadly we didn't win the presidential election but we don't get to appoint the attorney general. [inaudible] >> i'm sorry? [inaudible] >> we have a lot republican candidates running. but anyway, yes or. >> let them get a mic
i think that's what keeps america free. is that individual citizens are passionate about that and their series about that. at the same time you've got to see the abuses, you've got to know where they are. and i don't think that communism we lost our freedom. if we had we wouldn't be having this discussion in the shim on c-span. you know, is still a pretty remarkable country. it's not china. it's not russia. it's not some third world dictatorship. its institutions -- you mention effort called...
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it belongs to the people of america. and i think whoever lives in it the first lady should preserve it and enhance it. >>> the season two features 21st leads from the beginning of the 21st century to the present. live monday night including your call, facebook comments, and tweets starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> now u.s. defense strategy toward northeast asia. a former deputy defense secretary with the obama administration brad roberts talked about extented nuclear deterrence. he addressed the threat and modernization of the arsenal. they posted the hour and a half event. we're delighted to see all of you for a discussion on a very important international security topic. extended deterrence and strategic stability in east asia. we're really delighted to welcome brad roberts who recently finished a long tour of the defense department working on the issue of the deputy secretary of defense and just back from a long visit in japan talking in particular with japanese about their views of extended deterrence and
it belongs to the people of america. and i think whoever lives in it the first lady should preserve it and enhance it. >>> the season two features 21st leads from the beginning of the 21st century to the present. live monday night including your call, facebook comments, and tweets starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> now u.s. defense strategy toward northeast asia. a former deputy defense secretary with the obama administration brad roberts talked about extented...
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i am going to keep this the safest large city in america, and i am going to do it while ending unconstitutional stop and frisk. i am going to use the power of our neighborhoods for economic development to bring good jobs in every neighborhood, particularly those neighborhoods that have been left behind. i am going to take head on the affordability crisis. people cannot find homes and apartments they can't afford, so i am going to make sure we build more affordable housing, improve the housing authority, and get new york city over its own rent law. we are the greatest city of the world, and we can be even greater when we create more opportunity for folks to move into the middle class. that is what i have done my entire career, delivered for new york, and that is what i am going to do for mayor, and i ask for your vote tonight. thank you. applause]d >> mr. liu. >> i am an unlikely candidate for mayor, getting my degree in physics, spending most of my adult career outside of governmental politics, but i entered politics because i wanted to see a change creates i wanted to make a difference, and as
i am going to keep this the safest large city in america, and i am going to do it while ending unconstitutional stop and frisk. i am going to use the power of our neighborhoods for economic development to bring good jobs in every neighborhood, particularly those neighborhoods that have been left behind. i am going to take head on the affordability crisis. people cannot find homes and apartments they can't afford, so i am going to make sure we build more affordable housing, improve the housing...
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god bless america! [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] ♪ [inaudible conversations] ♪ [cheering and applause] ♪ [cheering and applause] ♪ [cheering and applause] ♪ [cheering and applause] ♪ [cheering and applause] >>> president obama finishing up the first of several stops today kicking off his two-day bus trip through upstate new york and pennsylvania. talking about college affordn't. this afternoon, the president will speak with parents and students in syracuse. and tomorrow take part in a town-hall-style event. before a stop at a college. with the president turning his attention to education, on c-span tonight we'll be opening our phone line to get your thought on college cost. the student loan program, and the value of education. you can join in the conversation through facebook and twitter. you can use the #c-spanchat. it begins at 7:30 eastern tonight on ou
god bless america! [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] ♪ [inaudible conversations] ♪ [cheering and applause] ♪ [cheering and applause] ♪ [cheering and applause] ♪ [cheering and applause] ♪ [cheering and applause] >>> president obama finishing up the first of several stops today kicking off his two-day bus trip through upstate new york and...